abrogard
eternally bumbling tyro
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I'm the mug of MIG welding though I blundered through a few little home jobs okay.
But I realise I still haven't really got the hang of it, an understanding of it, a basic mastery of it.
Hence I'm asking again:
I'm going to weld the tailgate of my old Ford.
I'm using a 130Amp Mig with 4 power settings and 10 speed settings.
I have Gigweld Shieldcore 15 0.8mm flux cored wire.
The car panels are 1mm and I have 1mm sheet metal to weld in.
Could anyone give me advice on the job?
Beginning with: should I take the tailgate off or will it be okay - I won't blow myself up?
And then: given the wire and the power of my MIG whereabouts would you reckon I should be looking for a satisfactory setting? Low end of the power scale or high end? Low speed feed or high?
That kind of thing.
Very vague, I know, but it just crossed my mind that I might at least ask the experts before setting off, it could well be that some rough guideline from them would help me a lot as I'm hunting around searching for a setting and a technique that will do the job.
But I realise I still haven't really got the hang of it, an understanding of it, a basic mastery of it.
Hence I'm asking again:
I'm going to weld the tailgate of my old Ford.
I'm using a 130Amp Mig with 4 power settings and 10 speed settings.
I have Gigweld Shieldcore 15 0.8mm flux cored wire.
The car panels are 1mm and I have 1mm sheet metal to weld in.
Could anyone give me advice on the job?
Beginning with: should I take the tailgate off or will it be okay - I won't blow myself up?
And then: given the wire and the power of my MIG whereabouts would you reckon I should be looking for a satisfactory setting? Low end of the power scale or high end? Low speed feed or high?
That kind of thing.
Very vague, I know, but it just crossed my mind that I might at least ask the experts before setting off, it could well be that some rough guideline from them would help me a lot as I'm hunting around searching for a setting and a technique that will do the job.